Pakistan skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi revealed that the Men in Green have sorted out 16 to twenty gamers for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 following the conclusion of the five-match sequence towards New Zealand. Pakistan stood victorious within the last T20I towards the Kiwis with a 42-run victory however have been humbled all through the sequence. Iftikhar Ahmed shone together with his off-spin on a observe that tended to fall on the slower aspect. After the sport, Shaheen hailed the veteran spinner for his contribution and that the workforce has sorted out gamers for the World Cup which is slated to start in June later this yr.

“Ifti (Iftikhar) is a very experienced player and he’s always ready for bowling but we wanted to give everyone a proper chance so we were planning to give chances to youngsters this series, we sorted out 16-20 players (for the World Cup). I want to thank everyone, the crowd was fantastic,” Shaheen mentioned after the sport.

The skilled off-break spinner, Iftikhar bagged the Player of the Match award for his game-changing spell of 3-24.

After the sport, he talked concerning the sport plan that was hidden behind his profitable outing and mentioned, “I read the wicket and bowled accordingly, the wicket was turning so I tried to bowl wicket by wicket. Yes it was decided that I will bowl today, Shaheen told me before the game and I was preparing for it. If the captain wants, I am available to bowl as I have done before as well.”

Coming to the match, after profitable the toss and succumbing to a complete of 134/8, Pakistan bounced again with a scientific bowling spell.

Pakistan performed their playing cards accurately on a floor that fell on a slower aspect. Zaman Khan and Nawaz supplied the best begin to the guests within the powerplay by eradicating Rachin Ravindra (1) and Finn Allen (22).

The strain of regularly rising hole between runs and balls crept into the minds of Kiwi batters. They tried to play on the aggressive foot however continued to lose wickets at common intervals.

With two wickets in hand, Glenn Phillips (26) tried to combat the battle on his personal, shifted via gears ultimately, scored a 4 after which a most to maintain NZ within the chase.

But skipper Shaheen Afridi’s tempo obtained higher of Phillips after which Lockie Ferguson which helped them keep away from a whitewash.

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